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His eyes opened slowly, things have gotten quieter the last few days, he found it easier to breath, and he was able to move his head from side to side, the walls were a faded white, looked old, the place smelled musty, he looked around finding himself lying on a hospital bed, he was alone in the room and he was still hooked to a cardiac monitor that beeped softly.
He saw the small control of the bed and pushed it to raise the bed. He felt some uneasiness in his back and legs as he rose with the bed. He looked down at his legs and commended them to move to no avail, the horror creped back into his heart as an unfamiliar face strode into his room.
"Oh my God" the young nurse screamed and then turned around, he could hear her
"Doctor, come quick he's awake" then he heard some clatter and feet running and then that nurse poked her head again and behind her a man in his thirties with a white coat. Both their faces expressed amazement.
"Hi" the man said "I'm Dr. Haze, Steven, do you know where you are?"
"Hospital?" it was more a question then an answer but the man smiled nodding
"Yes John, that's right, do you remember why you're here?"
"Crash, I think" as the man nodded John? That doesn't feel right he though to himself as again that blond beautiful face came flooding his mind and he looked up "is Sam here?" he asked fear laced in his already shaky voice.
Hearing his cracked voice the nurse pored some water into a glass and placed the tip of the straw in his mouth as he hungrily swallowed the offered tapped water.
"Sam?" the doctor was puzzled
"The woman that was with me in the car" he answered
The man smiled and looked at the nurse
"Has Jane woken up yet?"
"No Sir"
"OK change the name on our charts to Sam…" he looked at the man on the bed
"Do you know her last name?" he asked hopeful
"Carter"
"And do you know your name?"
He hesitated, looking at the man and woman in the room before saying softly
"Jackson, Daniel Jackson"
"Very good, now can you tell me what year it is?" that question took Daniel by surprise but then he figured they want to see how much he remembers
"2001" the shocked look that went between the two people did not go unnoticed by Daniel as he asked shakily
"Why? How long have I been here?" the doctor took the chair that was sitting in the far corner of the room and seated himself by Daniel's bed side.
"What I'm about to tell you will undoubtedly shock you and I'm sorry" he took a breath before he continued as Daniel stared at him
"This is the year 2012, you have been in a come for 11 years, and we were beginning to lose all hope of you waking"
"This can't be true" Daniel's voice was barely audible
"I'm afraid it is" the man answered
"What about my legs? Why can't I move them?" the man's eyes said it all but Daniel still needed to hear the words
"Your spinal cord was severed in the crash" Daniel closed his eyes in disbelief, his entire life has been crushed in the last few minutes, crushed to nothing but crumbs the only light would be Sam
"What about Sam how is she?" he asked as he opened his eyes to look at the man again.
"She hasn't regained consciousness yet"
"Will she?" Daniel needed to know
"We had begun to lose hope but since you just woke up maybe she will too someday"
"Can I see her?" he asked hopeful, the doctor seemed to contemplate the request as he finally nodded, he left the room and returned a minute later with a wheelchair, he disconnected the monitor electrodes from Daniel and pulled down the bed rail, he then wrapped his arms around Daniel and gently and easily placed him in the chair.
The corridor was the same dirty white as his room was and it seemed very quiet for a hospital.
They approached the room adjacent to his as the doctor opened the door and wheeled him inside to rest by the side of her bed.
She looked so thin and pale, her hair seemed longer
"Her hair is longer" he commented
"Actually I gave her a haircut just a couple of weeks ago" the nurse clamed from the entrance, Daniel ignored her and took Sam's hand in his own
"I'd like to be alone with her please"
"Fine but just a few minutes, we don't want you to exhaust yourself, you just woke up today" and they left closing the door behind them
"Sam? Can you hear me? Please you have to wake up, I don't believe anything that's going on here, I need you, please wake up? I can't handle this on my own it's too much, please?" his voice trailed off as he placed a soft kiss to her hand and watched her still form, her face looked the same, exactly as he remembered
The doctor then came back in and took him back to his room
"You have to rest now, you can come back and see her tomorrow ok?"
"It's not like I have a choice" Daniel murmured to himself as he was placed in his bed
"Could you bring a television in here?" Daniel asked hopeful, seeing the TV news will let him catch up on what's really going on, things still didn't feel right to him.
"Are you sure you can handle it Daniel?" the man asked like he was talking to a five year old "things have changed dramatically since the last time you where awake"
"I can handle it, please?"
"I'll see what I can do" the man smiled but the smile didn't reach his eyes, he closed the door behind him leaving Daniel alone in the silent room.
TBC
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